Metal furring-strip.



E. K. DAY.

METAL FURRING STRIP. APPLICATION HLED MAY 3, I915.

1 25mm, Patented Jan. 15,1918.

ATTORNEYS arr eras] mar FREE,

EDGAR x. DAY, or wHEELmo, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSTGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

T WHITAKER-GLESSNER COMPANY, or WHEELING, wns'r VIRGINIA, a coaroaa-TION' OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Application filed May 3, 1915.

ITO all whom it may concern.

Be it known that ll, EDGAR K. DAY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Wheeling, county of Ohio, and

State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Metal Furring-Strips, of which the following is aspecification.

V This invention relates broadly to furring strips, and specifically toa metal furring strip designed particularly for supporting metalceilings and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a furring strip ofmetal to which metal plates or the like may be attached by means ofnails.

A further object is to provide a metallic furring strip adapted forattachment to joists, beams, or similar surfaces to support sheathing,metal plates, or the like, which strip is designed to receive and holdthe nails employed in attaching such sheathing or plates.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in thefeatures of construction which will hereinafter be fully described,reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is. an outer face view of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the invention, showing a plateattached thereto;

Fig. A is an end elevation; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are elevations showin modified forms of the structure.

The invention, in its preferred embodiment, is composed of a singlepiece or strip of sheet metal, and comprises, essentially, a flat baseportion A adapted for attachment to ceiling joists, studding, beams, andthe like, a head portion B disposed substantially parallel to and at asuitable distance from said base, and an intervening connecting web 0 ofdouble thickness.

The'base A is constituted by the two opposite lateral edges 1 of thestrip of which the device is composed, said edges being disposed in acommon plane at substantially right angles to the adjacent portions 2which together constitute the web C; Said portions 2 of the web C aresecured together at suitable intervals throughout their length, as

by rivets 3, forming a web which possesses Specification of LettersPatent.

METAL EUBRING-STRIP.

Patented Jan. 115, 191%.

Serial No. 25.342.

considerable strength or rigidity. Said web-portions are bent outward ata point adjacent to their upper ends to form divergently inclined legportions 4: which terminate at points in a common plane parallel to thebase A and constitute supports for the head '13. Said head consists ofoppositely disposed members 5 formed by directing the metal from theterminal points of the leg portions 4 outward parallel to the base A andthence returning said metal to form a panel 6 which closely overliessaid members 5, said panel occupying a position midway between thelateral edges of the strip of which the device is formed. Said panelpreferably has its central portion pressed inward to form alongitudinally extending V-shaped trough the sides 7 of which closelyengage the inclined leg portions A. This trough may be continuousthroughout the length of the strip, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive,or it may be interrupted at intervals by the provision of a raised bead8, as shown in Fig. 5, which bead may have a perforation 9 therein forthe reception of a nail.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the furring strip is composed ofthree pieces, two of which comprise oppositely disposed base flanges 1,web members 2, leg portions 4: and underlying head members 5. The thirdpiece consists of a panel 6 which rests upon said head members 5 and hasits opposite lateral edges disposed in clenched relation to the edges ofsaid head members.

The web 0 is preferably corrugated or otherwise ribbed in a longitudinaldirection, as shown, the purpose being to provide its members 2 withirregular coinciding faces which will more readily grip an interposednail.

In practice, the flanges 1 of the base A are suitably attached, as bynails 9, to the joists or other surface, as 10, Fig. 3. Then sheathingor plates are applied upon the heads B, securing nails 12 being sodirected that they will enter between the web members 2, as shown inFig. 3.

What is claimed is 1'. A furring strip formed of sheet metal bent toform a base and a web, said web being formed of a pair of substantiallyparallel parts each of which latter is flared outwardly and thenextended to lie parallel to LOO i the base and doubled upon itself andat its central portion being conformably engaged with said flared partsto form a trough the converging walls of which are of double contactingthicknesses of metal and the base of which is of single thickness ofmetal and is disposed closely adjacent the. u ip of the web so as toreceive support r latter.

2. A furring strip formed of sheet-metal bent to form a base and a web,said web being formed of a pair of substantially parallel parts each ofwhich is flared outwardly and then extended to lie parallel to the baseer end om the and doubled upon itself and at its central portion beingconformably engaged with saidflared parts to form a trough theconverging walls of which are of double contacting thicknesses of metaland the base of which is of single thickness.

vIn testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

v EDGAR K. DAY. Witnesses H. E. DUNLor, W. G. Ronenns.

